Gold Coast Indy date to be changed: IRL

Indy racing's governing body has told Gold Coast Indy organisers the dates for next year's race have to be changed.

The Gold Coast has traditionally held the race in late October, but the re-formed Indy Racing League (IRL) wants the final event to be held earlier in the month in the United States.

IRL spokesman John Griffin says they want a decision sooner rather than later.

"At this point we are still open to the Gold Coast being added to the schedule," he said.

"We've given the organisers down there two date options and hope to hear back from them in the near future."

However, the Gold Coast Indy's general manager, Greg Hooton, will not divulge the prospective dates and says he is confident the issue will be resolved.

"We will continue to talk to the IRL about the handling of the dates, so at this stage I am not even going to get into what the dates could have been, would have been or maybe possibly will be," he said.

"At the moment we are concentrating on the 2008 race and will continue to talk to them about what happens with 2009."